Cornelius Nepos's Lives Of The Excellent Commanders (1813) By John Clarke
 
John Clarke (1687-1734) was a mater of Grammar School from 1720 to 1732 and afterward published ambitious and popular works on education reform and the teachings of Latin. An outspoken critic of the traditional style of teaching classics. He particularly cited the drudgery of elementary memorization of rules and the absence of adequate English translations as flaws. While schoolmaster he published translations of a number of classical authors, including Ovid, Suetonius, and Sallust; this version of Cornelius Nepos was also popular and reached its fifteenth London edition by the end of the eighteen century.
 
A very rare text looking at the following Military Commanders from past antiquity.
 
1. Miltiades.
2. Themistocles.
3. Aristides.
4. Pausanias.
5. Cimon.
6. Lysander.
7. Alcibiades.
8. Thrasybulus.
9. Conon.
10. Dion.
11. Iphicrates.
12. Chabrias.
13. Timotheus.
14. Datames.
15. Epaminondas.
16. Pelopidas.
17. Agesilaus.
18. Eumenes.
19. Phocion.
20. Timoleon.
21. Of Kings.
22. Hamilcar.
23. Hannibal.
24. Marcus Porcius Cato.  From the second book of Cornelius Nepos.
25. Titus Pomponius Atticus.
 
Hard Cover
155 Pages plus a large index
In Fair Condition